Water-cooler.



(No Model.)

A. N. ROSE.

WATER COOLER.

Application filed Mar. 26, 1902.]

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PATENT ALONZ G N. ROSE, OF NEW YORK, N.

WATER COOLER.

srncrrren'rron forming part of Letters rarest No. 715,609, dated ieoa 7Application filed March 26, 1902. Serial Noi iil 'l. (lie modem:

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that l, ALONZO N. ROSE, a citi- Zen of the UnitedStates,residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inWater-Coolers, of which the following is a full and completespecification, such-as will enable those skilled in the art to which ii.appertains to make and use the same.

The object of this invention is to provide a water-cooler designed foruse in connection with de'mijohns or large bottles containingwaterkwhich it is designed to cool for drinking purposes; and with thisand other objects in view the-invention consists in a deviceof'the classspecified constructed as hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention ie fully disclosed in the fol lowing specification, ofwhich the accompa- 'nying drawings form a part, in which the separateparts of my improvement are designated by the same reference characters;in each of the views, and in which- Figure 1 is a perspective viewof myimproved water-cooler; Fig. 2', a sectional side elevation thereof, andFig. 3 aside elevation of abottle cork or stopper which Ieinploy.

In the practice of my invention I provide .a base-receptacle a, which is"preferably cylindrical inform in cross-section, and said re-- ceptacleis provided with a cover aiwhich may be secured thereto or connectedthere'- with in any desired manner; but in practice this connectionbetween the cover a, and the base-receptacle a is such that said covermay be raised or opened in the operation of placing ice in thebase-receptacle, the ice being indicated at a in Fig. 2.

Within the receptacle a and centrally there of is placed asupplementalcasing or receptacle b,'the bottom portion of 'which is provided with anupwardly-directed member b which extends to within a predetermineddistance from the top of said receptacle b and around which the water isfree to circulatedn said receptacle, and said member 72 is open at thebottom, and the receptacle 1) is provided. at the bottom with radialpassages 1), whereby the water in the base-receptacle a is free tocirculate beneath the bottom. oi the receptacle 1) and rise in thecentral portion thereof termed by the part bi The cover a is providedwith standards ed,

on which is mounted a vertically-movable ring a which is L-shaped incross-section,

and said coveris alsoprovided with a central opening. a", beneath whichis placed-a cover 0 of the central receptacle b.

The body'portion of the cover 0 of the receptacle b is conical in form,and the apex thereof is directed downwardly and provided with a centraiopening 0 and said cover is also provided with an annular flange or rimY 0 by which it is held in place on the receptacle b, and the centralopening 0 therein is directly over the top of the raised part or memberb on the bottom of the receptacle b.

M y improved cooler: is designedfor the purpose of cooling watercontained in dernijohns or large bottles, one of which is shown at d inFigs. 1 and/Z, and in practice I employ a stopper for a definijohn orbottle which is of the usual formfas shown at e; but in connection withthis stopper I employ an ordinary corkscrew orsimilar device consistingof a handle portion f and a shank f connected therewith, said shankbeing provided with the usual spiral end member f. In practice the neckof a demijohn or bottle is closed by the cork e in the usual manner, andwhen ever it is desired to cool'the water in said deinijohn or bottle asdrinking-water the ring or hand a is raised on the standards of and thedemijohn or bottle is placed in the position shown in Fi, 1 and 2, inwhich operation the handle f oi the corkscrew attachment with which thecork e is provided passes downwardly through the cover 0 of thesupplemental or inner casing Z) and strikes the top of the centralraised portion 1)? 9f the bottom; thereof, and the cork is forcedupwardly into the neck of the bottle or demijohn, as shown in Fig. 2,and in this same operation the ring or band a is lowered, so that itrests on the inverted upper end of the bottle or demijohn and holds thesame in an upright indicated" in Fig. 2 or above theopening in-tl1e'c0ver o of the central casing I).

ICO- per casing U and rise therein up to the peint eie eoe 'a ii filledwith ice, as indicated in Fig. 2 and hereinhefore described, and thecentrel casing or receptacle b is provided. at one side and nee:- thebottom thereof with a draw-elf pipe g, which extends outwardly throughthe side of the base-casing a and which pro vided with a faucet orsimilar device in the usual manner, and said oasecasing is alsopreferably provided with a glass or cup hold g My invention is notlimited in any Way to the corkscrew ettechment of the corlz; e, emit anysuitable means or devices may be provided in connection with said corkwhich will operate the some manner, the only object in this connectionbeing to provide enitalolo or devices in connection with the corkwhereby when the (leroijohn or hottle is inverted placed in the positionshown in Fig. 2 the said means or devices will operate, in connectionwith the central reieecl portion 6 of the inner casing 12, to force thestopper upwardly or into the'demijohnbottle.

It will be understood, of course, that the water cannot in the innercasing Z) higher than indicated in Fig. 2 by reason. the fact that theair-exhaust is closed, and. it will also he understood that thecorkscrew may be connected with stopper 8 at any time,

by preference this ispreierehly done just before the bottle is placed inposition on the base of the cooler,e.nd the Shank f of the corkscrew ispreferably provided with disk or platef, and when the corkscrew isscrewed into the cork and placed in the position shown in Fig. 2 thehandle of the oorlrscree orikes the central raised portion (1 of thecasing d, its hereinhefore described, and the weight of the iQlGH'lljOhHrests on the handle f of the corkscrew, which in turn rests on thecenfmlportion i of the casing b, and the Water is free to 50W ont through theneck of the demijohn at the c eite sides of the. handle of thecorlqecrcw.

This alevice simple in construction and op ration and perfect mlztoteilgilieh the result for which it ie'ir' may be used wl'iere J61 devices ofthis class are required, and changes in ml modifications of theconstrnction dos lied may he made Without Grow-ting: from the spirit clmy li'l\'{jl'il.l0il ors i. its mlventagce w ingl'nllyrlescrihezl ntaining Water, comprising base-casing provided with a top member having2L central opening and vertically-arrztnged standards, means connectedwith said standards for holding it bottle or demijohn in an uprightposition, a central casing arranged within the base-casing, and providedwith a CODlClLl cover, the apex of which is directed down-- weirdly anddirectly under the openin in the top member of the base-casing, saidcover of the central casing being provided with a centrel opening andthe bottom of said central casing- With a central missed portion, andthe Side thereof near the bottom thereof with 25 pipe which leadsoutwardly through the baseoesing, so hstentielly ee shownend described.

2. A Watercooler comprising base-casing having a, top provided. with a.central opening and means for holding e lleniijohn in an uprightposition, a central casing Within the case-casing and provided with a,cover which is conical in form and the apex of which is directeddownwardly and provided with a central opening directly under theopecing in the top of the base-casing, said central opening beingadapted to receive the neck of c demijohn and the hettorn of the centralcasing being also provided with an upwardly directed member and thedemijohh with a stopper provided with e device which strikes seiclraised portion when the cleniijohn inverted and the neck thereof passesclown- Wardly through the opening" in the cover of the base-casing andthrough the cover of the central casing substantially as shown anddescribed.

3. In a water-cooler, a. base-casing provided with a cover having acentral opening, an im ner central supplemental casing: provided withEl, conical cover, the apex of which is open and directed downwardly andcentrally beneath the opening; in the cover of the base casing, thebottom of scid supplemental oarsing being also directed npwerillyendcentrally thereof and said bottom being; also provided with radialpassages whereby the water from the main casing is free to circulatebeneath the supplemental casing and therein substantially shown anddeecriherl.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention 1 have signed myname, in presence of the subscribing witnesses, this 22d lay March,1902.

A L 0 N Z O Witnesses: l

z or: w a" i i bl All, F. F. TELLER.

